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⇱ Oriostomatidae


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Oriostomatidae ✝

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Description

Oriostomatidae is an extinct taxonomic family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neritimorpha.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)3246201https://www.gbif.org/species/3246201
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)56950https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=56950
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Oriostomatidae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalina : Oriostomatidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
subclassEogastropodaPonder and Lindberg 1996
orderEuomphalinade Koninck 1881
superfamilyOriostomatoidea
familyOriostomatidaeKoken 1896
Scientific NameOriostomatidae
Name Published InKoken, E. (1896). Die Gastropoden der Trias um Hallstadt. Jahrbuch der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt. 46(1): 37−126.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Oriostomatidaefamilybelongs to Oriostomatoideastated with evidenceKnight et al., 1960
Oriostomatidaefamilybelongs to Oriostomatoideastated without evidenceGolikov and Starobogatov, 1975
Oriostomatidaefamilybelongs to Euomphaloideastated with evidenceLinsley and Kier, 1984
Oriostomatidaefamilybelongs to Oriostomataceastated with evidenceHorný, 1992
Oriostomatidaefamilybelongs to Oriostomataceastated without evidence, 2002
Oriostomatidaefamilybelongs to Oriostomatoideastated with evidenceJeffery, 2003
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)134
First Recorded Appearance450 - 446 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance190 - 176 Ma
Early Jurassic
Motilitystationary (based on Euomphalina)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Euomphalina)
Taphonomycalcite,minor ribbing
Primary Reference (PBDB)W. Wenz. 1938. Handbuch der Paläozoologie; Gastropoda. Handbuch der Paläozoologie
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriostomatidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
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Australonema
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
36433 Ma
Silurian
388 Ma
Middle Devonian
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Beraunia
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
21427 Ma
Silurian
411 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
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Didymalgia
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1388 Ma
Middle Devonian
388 Ma
Middle Devonian
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Dohmella
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
25388 Ma
Middle Devonian
190 Ma
Early Jurassic
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Gemininodosa
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
3388 Ma
Middle Devonian
388 Ma
Middle Devonian
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Hecetastoma
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
6439 Ma
Silurian
427 Ma
Silurian
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Lineata
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2388 Ma
Middle Devonian
388 Ma
Middle Devonian
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Morphotropis
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
15439 Ma
Silurian
423 Ma
Silurian
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Omphalonema
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
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Oriomphalus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
10419 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
411 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
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Oriostoma
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
171450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
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Tophicola
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1427 Ma
Silurian
427 Ma
Silurian
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Tubogyra
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1891Cyclospongia Miller
1896Oriostomatidae Koken
1960Oriostomatidae Knight et al.
1975Oriostomatidae Golikov and Starobogatov p. 209
1984Oriostomatidae Linsley and Kier
1992Oriostomatidae Horný
1997Oriostomatidae Cook p. 43
2002Cyclospongia Sepkoski, Jr.
2003Oriostomatidae Jeffery
2005Oriostomatidae Bouchet et al. p. 246

References

Wenz W. (1938) Handbuch der Paläozoologie; Gastropoda, Handbuch der Paläozoologie
Knight J. B., Cox L. R., et al (1960) Systematic descriptions, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Mollusca I 1, 169-339
Golikov A. N., Starobogatov Y. I. (1975) Systematics of prosobranch gastropods, Malacologia 15 2, 185-232
Linsley R. M., Kier W.M. (1984) The Paragastropoda: a proposal for a new class of Paleozoic Mollusca, Malacologia 25 1, 241-254
Horný R. J. (1992) New Lower Devonian Gastropoda and Tergomya (Mollusca) of Bohemia, Časopis Národniho Muzea, Řada příodovĕdná 159 1-4, 99-119
Cook A. G. (1997) Gastropods from the Burdekin Formation, Middle Devonian, north Queensland, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42 1, 37-49
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Jeffery P. (2003) GastroClass: Gastropod Classification Website
Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P, et al (2005) A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names, Malacologia 47 1-2, 1-368
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Bouchet, P., Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397 ISBN 3-925919-72-4. - via World Register of Marine Species
Koken, E. (1896). Die Gastropoden der Trias um Hallstadt. Jahrbuch der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt. 46(1): 37−126. - via World Register of Marine Species
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